Minion and Sidekick

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Minion noun - A person or thing that is preferred over others.

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Sidekick and minion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sidekick" instead a noun "Minion".

Sidekick noun - A person who helps a more skilled person.

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Minion and sidekick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Minion" instead a noun "Sidekick".

Cigar Chomper: Gertrude's sidekick/minion/closest thing she's probably going to have for a friend, Larry the bug.

Source: Comic Book / I Hate Fairyland
Since Megamind has become a superhero, Minion will now be his sidekick instead of his Dragon.

Source: The Dragon / Western Animation
Basically they become a good guy's secretly-evil minion, or a bad guy's much-badder sidekick.

Source: Poisonous Friend

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